# The Grove

A blog by the Telos Labs team

## Design

13 posts

**The Design Process Was Built for a World That No Longer Exists.**  What happens to design when execution is no longer the bottleneck.
  
  
Arely Rivera  
Apr 6, 2026](/content/post/the-design-process-and-ai/index.html)

**UI Design vs Performance: Speed Without Sacrifice**  Designing beautiful interfaces means nothing if performance suffers; speed and clarity must be built in early.
  
  
Amanda Sanjuan  
Dec 16, 2025](/content/post/when-ui-design-meets-performance/index.html)

**Paralysis by Analysis: When Research Starts Holding Your Product Back**  When too much research stalls progress, focused action and prototyping unlock better product decisions.
  
  
Carlos Quijano  
Dec 10, 2025](/content/post/paralysis-by-analysis/index.html)

**Thinking About University? Product Design Deserves a Spot on Your List**  Discover why Product Design deserves a place on your university list, blend creativity, tech, and business into a career shaping impactful products.
  
  
Carlos Quijano  
Aug 28, 2025](/content/post/thinking-about-university-product-design-deserves-a-spot-on-your-list/index.html)

**Design Sprints: A Smarter Way to Start or Boost Your Business**  From MVPs to bold new features, here’s when a Design Sprint makes the difference.
  
  
Alejandra Zapata  
Jun 26, 2025](/content/post/design-sprints-a-smarter-way-to-start-or-boost-your-business/index.html)

**UX Debt: The Hidden Cost of Scaling Fast and What You Can Do About It**  Avoid UX debt: how rushed design hurts growth, and what to do before it burns you out.
  
  
Carlos Quijano  
Jun 20, 2025](/content/post/ux-debt-the-hidden-cost-of-scaling-fast-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/index.html)

**When Should You Build an AI Chatbot for Your Company?**  The hard part isn’t building the AI chatbot, it’s making sure it’s worth building in the first place.
  
  
Alejandra Zapata  
May 19, 2025](/content/post/when-should-you-build-an-ai-chatbot-for-your-company/index.html)

**User Research in an AI World and 5 Things Your Company is Doing Wrong**  An examination of common AI implementation failures in product development, focusing on five critical mistakes companies make when skipping proper user research.
  
  
Carlos Quijano  
Apr 23, 2025](/content/post/user-research-in-an-ai-world-and-5-things-your-company-is-doing-wrong/index.html)

**Designing AI for Lawyers: Lessons from Building a Contract Automation Platform**  Designing AI to reduce contract negotiation time by automating redlines, creating expert Playbooks, and providing an AI assistant for real-time contract review and risk evaluation.
  
  
Carlos Quijano  
Mar 25, 2025](/content/post/designing-ai-for-lawyers-lessons-from-building-a-contract-automation-platform/index.html)

**Why Design Isn't a Luxury: The Business Case for Product Design**  
  
  
Alejandra Zapata  
Nov 25, 2024](/content/post/why-design-isnt-a-luxury-the-business-case-for-product-design/index.html)

**Accessibility and Ergonomics in Product Design**  Ergonomics and accessibility, while distinct, share key similarities that play a crucial role in your design.
  
  
Carlos Quijano  
Nov 25, 2024](/content/post/accessibility-and-ergonomics-in-product-design/index.html)

**Designing for AI: 5 Design Patterns for AI-Driven Products**  
  
  
Arely Rivera  
Oct 25, 2024](/content/post/designing-for-ai-5-design-patterns-for-ai-driven-products/index.html)

**Announcing the launch of the Rails World Conference app template to the Figma Community!**  This year we designed and developed the official Rails World 2024 conference app.
  
  
Carlos Quijano  
Aug 29, 2024](/content/post/announcing-the-launch-of-the-railsworld-conference-app-template-to-the-figma-community/index.html)